As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but ...

Wildfires continue to rage across the Los Angeles region. The largest blaze, the Palisades fire, has burned approximately 24,000 acres.

The video shows a pair of fire whirls from the Remington Fire, which began in August 2024 and burned through parts of Wyoming ...

Disabled Eaton Fire victim escaped deadly flames in wheelchair A look at fire tornadoes: Fire whirl, fire devil, fire tornado or even firenado — scientists, firefighters and regular folks use multiple ...

Fire whirl, fire devil, fire tornado or even firenado — scientists, firefighters and regular folks use multiple terms to describe similar phenomena, and they don’t always agree on what’s what.

But Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, told USA TODAY that it instead appears to be an example of a fire whirl, which is “more akin to a dust devil than a tornado” and is less severe.

Fire whirls, often referred to as fire tornadoes, are fascinating phenomena that occur when flames and hot gases rise rapidly, creating a rotating column of fire. These whirls can significantly ...

A look at fire tornadoes: What is a fire tornado? Fire whirl, fire devil, fire tornado or even firenado — scientists, firefighters and regular folks use multiple terms to describe similar phenom ...